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  • Country ranking ?

    244
  • Producer ranking ?

    40
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    2020-2025

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The Story

Mas La Plana is a 29-hectare vineyard located in the heart of Penedès. The Cabernet Sauvignon vines were planted by Miguel A. Torres back in 1966. The vineyard has very deep, dark and yellowish brown soils. The topsoil is rich in sand and stones while the subsoil is gravel.

In the Paris Wine Olympiad, the 1970 vintage triumphed over some of the most famouswines in the world, including Chateau Latour. This success has been repeated on several other occasions, with Gran Coronas Mas La Plana notching up numerous other international awards.

Appellation: DO Penedès (Mas La Plana vineyard, Alt Penedès, Catalunya)

Year vines planted: 1964-1979

Surface area: 29 ha/72 acres

Elevation: 225 m

Slope: 0-5%

Orientation: South East

Yield: 4,593 Kg/ha. Grape clusters are selected manually

Soil: Deep, yellowish grey-brown alluvial soils that are well-drained and have a moderate water holding capacity. Made up of alternating layers of gravel, sand and clay.

Percipitation: Annual average rainfall (historical): 549 mm

Temperature: Annual average temperature (historical): 14.3ºC

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Wine Information

Mas La Plana – Torres

The first harvest from Mas La Plana, as we know it today, was carried out in 1970. The first plots had been planted a few years before, from 1966 onwards. In 1970, when deciding on the final coupage, the great quality of the Cabernet Sauvignon crop in comparison to traditional types such as Tempranillo and Granacha, led the estate to include a large proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon in the coupage. During its subsequent bottle aging, the wine developed very well. Proof of this is the success it achieved some years later in 1979 at a tasting of world wines.
During the seventies, Mas La Plana was a wine made using the methods traditional at that time. In 1981 the methods were altered and French oak was introduced into the ageing process. As a result, the 1981 vintage has been enormously successful with consumers outside of Spain.
The real change and return to the style of those wines from the beginning of the 80's began with the 1990 vintage. The wines recovered the firm close-knit structure with long aging potential. American oak was no longer imparting in the blend and was replaced by 100% French oak. But it is really from 1991 vintage onwards that the winemakers think they have recovered all of Mas La Plana's potential, now making it a wine of great dimension corresponding to the full potential of the soil, the old Cabernet Sauvignon vines and especially the micro climate of Pacs del Penedès.
The constant labour in the vineyard to reduce naturally yields, return to traditional methods with modern technology to monitor the plant growth combined with good climatic conditions elevated Mas La Plana to the highest quality.

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Tasting note

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Elegant and Full

Written Notes

Deep garnet red with almost black hue. Powerful nose with hints of stewed fruits, rich and complex. On the palate densely woven with juicy fruit, still youthful tannins, elegance persistence and elegant spicyness in the finish.
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Origin

Catalunya, Penedès

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